Revision as of 21:09, 13 April 2013

The Winners' List is believed to include all winners of £100,000 or more on game shows made and broadcast in the UK. It does not include programmes that are not game shows, nor episodes that were made but never broadcast. If you have an addition or correction, please contact us.

Paddy McGuinness and Christine Martin, The Million Pound Drop Live - 9th December 2011 (£275,000)

Nathan Birtle, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 31st March 2001 & The Vault - 29th June 2002 (£263,460)

Diane Hallagan, 100% Gold - 1998, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th November 2001, Come And Have a Go If You're Think You're Smart Enough (shared winnings of £40,052) - 2004, and Battle of the Brains (shared winnings of £2000) - July 2008 (£261,699)

Steve Kidd, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th November 2004 & Weakest Link - March 2005 (£252,080)

Mark Kerr, 100% Gold - 1998, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 31st January 2004, Come And Have A Go If You're Think You're Smart Enough (shared winnings of £40,052) - 2004, and Battle of the Brains (shared winnings of £2000) - July 2008 (£251,786)

£250,000 Winners

Jonathan Green, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th September 1999

David Neale, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th January 2000

Margaret Whittaker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2000

Paddy Spooner, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th March 2000

Mark Townsend, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th September 2000

Graham Hickin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th September 2000

Andy Martin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th November 2000

Roger Waldon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st December 2000

Keith Wilcock, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2001

John Sexton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th February 2001

Tony Emans, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd February 2001

John & Doreen Lawrence, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 24th March 2001

Luke Playforth and Luke Whydle, The Million Pound Drop Live - 2nd September 2011

Tabitha Prince, Deal or No Deal - 27th September 2011

John Thomson, Sue Cleaver, Paul Ross, Carol Vorderman (playing, respectively, for Royal Manchester Childrens' Hospital, When You Wish Upon a Star, Children with Cancer UK, Cleft Lip and Palate Association), The Chase - 19th November 2011

Seve Gomez-Aspron and Craig Ward, The Million Pound Drop Live - 7th December 2011

Luke, The Cube - 11th December 2011

David and Jenny Bentley, The Exit List - 10th January 2012

Jay and Vijaya Rudravajhala, The Million Pound Drop Live - 11th February 2012

Stuart Barnes, World's Toughest Trucker - 23rd February 2012

Stacey, The Bank Job - 10th March 2012

Acropolis, Let's Get Gold - 7th July 2012

Jonathan Edwards and Colin Jackson, The Million Pound Drop Live - 21st July 2012

A house valued at £500,000+ was won by Darren Kilner and Stacey Reynolds on Building the Dream.

Disqualified winers

Charles Ingram, Who Wants to be a Millionaire (£1,000,000), in an episode recorded for broadcast on 18 September 2001. He was convicted in a high-profile fraud trial.

"Maria Crosskey", Magic Mystery Voices (£168,000), 30 March 2007. "Maria Crosskey" was an alias used by Bernadette Hurst, who was not eligible to win the contest as she'd won an earlier contest on the Magic radio station. The prize was not paid, and Hurst convicted of fraud.